The grant will be used to buy health assessment equipment and the centre is expected to be opened by the end of the month.The medical centre manager, Corinne McParland, stressed the centre would be available to Granada's entire 1,000-strong workforce and not just TV stars.A spokesman for Sport England said: "With people spending more and more time at work, research clearly shows us that the workplace is an important priority if we are going to succeed in the drive to get the nation more active."We cannot and should not discriminate against a firm based on whether it is perceived to be a wealthy organisation but should target those who will help make a real difference.''. Companies were invited to apply for grants from the group last March but the winners have only recently been announced.Manchester United said they had received a £10,000 grant and will receive the remaining £20,000 over the next two years.The law firm, Halliwells, plan to use its £45,000 grant to pay gym fees at LA Fitness for its 600 staff.Sport England defended the grants, saying that the programme was aimed at people with limited incomes and the organisation should not discriminate against rich firms.ITV Granada's new fitness centre will be open to all staff, including the Coronation Street cast's top-earning stars. Tens of thousands of pounds of lottery cash has been promised to Manchester United to build a gym for staff at the football club and TV workers on Coronation Street. The Premiership football club has been promised a total of £30,000 as part of a £1.2m regional campaign aimed at boosting fitness levels in people in north-west England. A further £45,000 has been given to a leading Manchester legal firm to provide free gym membership to lawyers and support staff. However, it would appear that losses to the company as a result of financial irregularities are substantial.". This is almost complete."With regards to the losses we believe it is premature for us to make a comment on that.

Buying wine for laying down for both an investment and for consumption is popular with City workers with big bonuses to spend.Chris Marroni, a spokesman for Grant Thornton, said: "We have carried out a full audit of the company's stock and the stock currently held by third parties. As well as the Cheval Blanc, it is believed that large quantities of cases of other prestigious clarets had been sold without permission from the owners, as well as a quantity of one of the most renowned Burgundies, the Domaine de la Roman?Conti.It is not known how many customers were affected, or their names, but their losses are likely to be covered by insurers. He said: "I am appalled for my staff and the hundreds of private clients who have been caught up in this."Mayfair Cellars was linked to the Champagne house Jacquesson, which is believed to have held a substantial stake in the company and has now been forced to seek another London outlet. David Searle, the company's former managing director, said the missing bottles had a replacement value of more than £1.25m. It later emerged that at the same time as the dealers were buying the unauthorised wine, they were also buying legitimately from other members of staff.The company, which employed six people, notified police and called in the receivers.

According to decanter , the wine website which broke the story, inquiries are focusing on one employee who is believed to have been selling wine to two other London dealers, despite the fact that it was owned by customers of Mayfair Cellars and was being stored on their behalf.The alleged fraud came to light when another member of staff attempted to find a quantity of 1990 Chat? Cheval Blanc, one of the most sought-after clarets, for a client, only to discover it was no longer in storage. Police are expected to launch an inquiry next week into the collapse of Mayfair Cellars, based in Fulham, west London, which called in Grant Thornton, the receivers, earlier this month. The collapse is likely to send shock waves through London's fine wine merchants, who are entrusted by wealthy customers with looking after millions of pounds worth of wines bought for laying down. A fine wine merchant has gone into receivership after an alleged fraud involving the unauthorised sale of more than £1m worth of prestigious clarets and Burgundies from its cellars. At a time of mounting alarm over the BNP's prospects of making gains in the elections, a dossier of the party's locally targeted literature has prompted fears that the claims being spread by the party are being accepted as fact by some voters.. The British National Party's pursuit of seats in next month's local elections is built on false claims designed to create racial prejudice and irrational fears among voters, according to anti-BNP activists.